Cook’s Club Ialysos

The hotel was spotless througout and at all times as were the rooms with sheets changed every couple of days. Rooms had coffee making facilities, fridge, hair dryer, AC and free of charge in room safe. Beds are comfy (had no problem sleeping). Food - breakfast has plenty of choice (hot and cold) self service. Pool bar has a great selection of food and snacks (pizza, pasta, salads, burgers & gyros plates etc). Main restaurant offerings were of good quality and generally reasonably priced for a hotel of this standard. Drinks - on the negative side there was limited draft beers and tonic was in the main on the flat side although you can pay a small surcharge for premium tonics. Prices reflect the standard of the hotel. Location - realistically it is a 20 min walk to either Lalysos or Kremasti bars and taverns, it is a safe walk to either with illuminated pavements. Although we came right at the end of the season and a lot of taverns had closed, there was no shortage of places to eat in either villages, i would certainly recommend Yanis's in Kremasti (see seoarate review). Transport - we used a mix of transport (Taxi, car rental and bus) all were as expected. Car hire from the hotel (free parking) at comparable prices, taxis at around €20 into and from the main terminal area of Rhodes Town. The buses (which run into Rhodes Town every 15mins or so) are clean and easy to use. UNLIKE other previous reviews i have seen, the buses are contactless payment NOT CASH, we couldn't actually work out the prices as the tickets show €3 each but in checking bank account we were only ever charged less than €1 for two of us (not sure if tourists are subsidised). As i said earlier, we came at the end of the season, there was more than ample sunbeds available at any time of day, the sun would dissappear behind trees at just after 3:00pm. Would we come back - Definitely as the quality of hotel outweighs the walk to most bars and taverns.

We’ve just returned from 10 days at Cooks Club Ialyssos. The hotel is lovely and modern, however there were a few things that could improve it for us personally. The rooms themselves are very clean and spacious, however for us they are lacking a wardrobe / some drawers as all that’s provided is a small rail with a few hangers so we had to live out of a suitcase. The aircon in our room didn’t really work - we did report it but were told the doors have to be closed and locked but even then after a couple of hours it reverted back so throughout the night it was a bit warm! They do provide a mini fridge and amenities, with fresh towels and pool towels changed daily, but do lack an iron - requiring you to pay per item of clothing for something to be ironed - so I’d suggest bringing a steamer or travel iron! Final point for the room, the TVs don’t have any English channels other than news - you can log into YouTube, there is an option for screen mirroring your phone to the TV but this didn’t work for us as they both need to be on the same WiFi network and we were obviously using the guest (and everything was in Greek so we were perhaps missing a few instructions!) For us it wasn’t a huge issue as we were out most nights but if anyone likes to have a chilled night in then I’d suggest a fire stick! The pool area is great to relax, the sunbeds and bean bags are comfy and there is good music playing throughout the day with a pool party on the weekends too (which just involved a DJ playing for a few hours). The only downside is how much the sunbeds are in the shade - there is only a small section that gets the sun all day although not sure if this is due to the time of year! There is a wide selection of options for breakfast and the pool/restaurant food is lovely, although my partner did end up with food poisoning twice after eating at the hotel, and our friend also did too - so we limited our options to the vegetarian options the majority of the days after this. I will say food poisoning seems to be a common theme in Greece and not limited to this hotel - it’s just unfortunate both instances were after only eating here. The location of the hotel was the other downside for us, there’s not much within walking distance other than a couple of restaurants, but it’s really easy to order a taxi from reception and it’s only 20 mins and between 20-30 euros into Rhodes / Old town or Falaraki - and the taxis take both card and cash. We did notice there was another Cooks Club in Rhodes centre which might be a better option for those wanting more to do outside of the hotel within walking distance! However it is only 10 mins to the airport!